Great Artworks with Breakthrough Scientific Vision
Great paintings, sculptures, architectures apart from offering highest aesthetic pleasure for our visual perception are also known for their insights and visionary statement. In the glorious history of aesthetic development there had been few astounding works of art that paved the way to scientific progress or incorporated the scientific principle signifying a broader confluence of art and science. Here we will introduce 5 such great artworks with breakthrough scientific vision.
Paintings on Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo
The Sistine Chapel ceiling paintings by great Renaissance artist Michelangelo are revered the world over for their astounding visual appeal and meticulous perfection in depicting biblical stories. But close scientific observation by a few curious minds revealed some unknown truths hidden in some of these paintings. The central panel painting on the Sistine Chapel ceiling which is known as Creation of Adam by God, revealed a new observation by close inspection of some scientists. Some scientists from John Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore revealed that the painting is a perfect anatomical exploration of the human brain, which symbolically signifies that God besides giving life to Adam endows him with intelligence, the supreme quality of human being.
Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci
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There had been huge volumes of publications, researches and observations concerning the truly intriguing smile of Mona Lisa, the famous and great artwork by great Renaissance master Leonardo Da Vinci. Vinci’s greatest painting delivers a smile and an expression that continues to bewilder and attract you as long as you stare at it. When you are convinced of the joyful expression at the corner of the eye and glance upon elsewhere, the expression evaporates. The visual illusion perplexed and intrigued generations of art lovers around the world. Various researches on the expression of Mona Lisa finally became convinced of one thing that Vinci actually took advantage of the differences in central and peripheral vision when observing a thing and thus created that intriguing as well as captivating look. Till date Vinci is considered to be the master of incorporating such scientific visual aspects of painting that no other artist could ever produce.
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